August 2014 Archives - Juan Alderete's PedalsAndEffects

One of the best experiences a musician can have is the day you buy your first instrument. I remember that day for me, clearly, as if it were yesterday. My father drove me to the biggest music store in our northern California county so I could shop for a bass. I remember the my...

There will be pedal builders and then there will be the ones who build sonic frontiers such as Mantic Effects. As I stated before, this is an exciting time for effects and to have access to inventors like Mantic is such a boon. These guys hit me up on email and were so excited about...

Sometimes combining pedals can be easy or frustrating since all pedals have their own quirks and issues but I think I found a winning combo and wanted to share it! I have been raving about The Warped Vinyl by Chase Bliss for some time now and while I was on tour, Walrus Audio‘s Descent arrived. I...

The pedal designs coming out today are reaching new frontiers. With inventive programing, we are now hearing some amazing advantages digital pedals can offer. With pedals like the Rainbow Machine or Pitch Bay, Earthquaker Devices brings to the market the pedals that help us achieve otherworldly sounds and textures. Their new Afterneath pedal is on...

When I think of touring the east coast in the summer, I think of hot, humid and sticky weather. I bring extra shirts for all the sweating I do. In this weird weather the world seems to be experiencing lately, I was over prepared for a hot summer that only got into the 90’s...

Godlyke’s Totally Wycked Audio has been creating amazing, in-a-class-of-its-own pedals for sometime. They put the work, time and research into their pedals and they won’t release an effect until it is mind blowing. Godlyke did this with the awesome Great Divide analog synth octave pedal and now they have come with something just as...

Here is a tube screamer type overdrive/fuzz pedal made by Cusack that was given to me on Big Sir’s tour while we were in Portugal. The guitarist who gifted it felt the Screamer Fuzz pedal was a little too much for him and since he knew I love over the top pedals, he gave...

Touring has its perks and a lot of time, I am at the receiving end of gifts from show attendees! I have been given salami, amaro, wine, champagne, cheese, cookies shirts, cd’s but relevant gifts to PedalsAndEffects are pedals people bring me! This Big Sir tour was pretty amazing because I was given at...